Keith Knight is many things to many
people–rapper, social activist, father and educator among them. He’s also known as one of the funniest and
most highly regarded cartoonists in America, and the creator of three popular
comic strips: “The Knight Life,” “(Th)ink,”
and “The K Chronicles.”

“We wanted to bring Keith during Black History Month to
engage our campus and community in dialogue about race,” says SD Mines student
and NBSE chapter president Christopher Blumer.

Knight is part of a generation of
African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop, and infuse their work with
urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in
various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, Daily KOS, San
Francisco Chronicle, Medium.com, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD
Magazine, and the Funny Times. The NAACP
recognized him as a 2015 History Maker, and CNN
tapped him to grade America on its progress concerning issues of race.

Knight is available for interviews on
Monday, Feb. 26 prior to his appearance at the Surbeck Center

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About SD Mines

Founded in 1885, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a science and engineering research university located in Rapid City, S.D., offering bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The university enrolls 2,778 students with a student-to-faculty ratio of 15:1. The SD School of Mines placement rate is 96 percent, with an average starting salary of $62,929. Find us online at www.sdsmt.edu and on Facebook and Twitter.